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^[[P. Phocodon]]
[[preprinted]]
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
77th Street and Eighth Avenue.
NEW YORK, [[/preprinted]] May 8, 1905.

Dr. F. W. True,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.

My Dear Dr. True:
Replying to your letter of May 4, I would say that we can find no trace of the specimen of [[underline]] Phocodon holmesii [[/underline]], figured on the enclosed.  We do find, however, a fragment of a skull of this species, and would be quite willing to send it to you for your examinetion if you so desire.
Many thanks for your memorandum in regard to [[underline]] Xiphius [[/underline]].  I have written to Ward's Natural Science Establishment in Rochester and asked their price.
Very truly yours,
^[[H. C. Bumpus]]
Director.